The stuff of fiction?

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http://www.wealth4freedom.com/GWI.html

Gulf War Illness Probe To Advance With New Study

By PAUL LIKOUDIS

The Clinton administration slowly changes its official position that Gulf War Illness is a myth, the Department of Defense acknowledges its past shortcomings in handling complaints related to GWI and research on its causes; the Veterans Administration has reported that the active duty tumor rate in the U.S. military has increased more than 600% since 1990; there is a health crisis in the gulf states, with an estimated 15%-20% of populations "sick" at any given time; birth defects and infant deaths are soaring.

In a September, 1996 appearance at Washington University in St. Louis, Nobel laureate Edward O. Wilson, an environmental scientist, spoke on the subject of downsizing the earth's population.

The mildmannered Harvard professor of entomology, reported The St. Louis PostDispatch (Sept. 12th, 1996), explained how the earth's population had to be brought down to "the hundreds of millions" for a true ecological balance. . . .

"A single global policy on population is unfeasible, he said. But efforts are under way in this and other populous nations to achieve zero population growth and even depopulation, he said."

The March/April, 1996 edition of Foreign Affairs published an article for its elite readership, "Why We Need a Smaller U.S. Population and How We Can Achieve It."

The stuff of fiction? Not anymore.

"This story gets more and more tangled the deeper you dig," Dr. Nicolson told The Wanderer.

Indeed it does, especially as GWI is exploding in the civilian population.

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For Gulf War vets, there is some good news, Dr. Nicolson said. "The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs are now allowing physicians to treat microplasma infections in Gulf War Illness patients with antibiotics, according to our published protocols.

"This was not allowed just a few months ago."

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Mycoplasma Fermentans (Incognitus)= Gulf War Illness = GWI

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The good news is there are a number of treatment modalities (both conventional and alternative) which help to alleviate the symptoms of GWI IF STARTED EARLY ENOUGH, and which, according to Drs. Garth and Nancy Nicolson, Joyce Riley, and others who have had the illness, can bring about a recovery (or at least long-term remission of the illness and its symptoms).

The bad news is that due to pressure from the Dept. of Defense and the Veterans Administration, the Nicolsons have been forced out of M.D. Anderson, and that at this writing their new research facilities in California are just beginning to be set up, so the very sensitive molecular blood tests which they were doing are not being done at this time. It is hoped that they can recommence this testing within a few months.

The Drs. Nicolson discovered in their work at the M.D. Anderson Center that unlike viruses, the mycoplasmas respond to the appropriate antibiotics if the disease is caught early.

They found that two or four courses of the antibiotic doxycycline (2-3x100mg. caps/day taken for a few days to a week, then 2x100mgs/day for 5-6 weeks per course) work best.

They have also found that other antibiotics, (i.e. ciprofloxacin and arithromycin) also work, and they believe that the latter antibiotic is safe for children.

Other modalities which have helped GWI victims have included herbal cleansing (or detoxification), an herbal program for building the immune system, ozone treatment, and COLLOIDAL SILVER.

There are a small handful of doctors around the country who understand Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus) and who have been treating it. However, they are under tremendous pressure from the medical establishment and from the government not to discuss, acknowledge, or treat GWI. The half a dozen or so who have been treating GWI have asked that their names NOT be used in this report or put in writing for fear of retaliation from the government, they're afraid they'll be shut down or lose their licenses.

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While it is still not known what causes CFS, FMS, and MCS, we are hearing of reports that a very high number (75-80%) test positive for a pathogenic form of the organism called Mycoplasma.

While there are several species of this organism, most of us have been found to have active infections in our bodies of the Mycoplasma fermentans (incognitus), Mycoplasma penetrans, and Mycoplasma pneumoniae types.

These organisms are a pathogenic form of Mycoplasma which are very slow-growing, invasive into deeper parts of the body (i.e., brain, central and peripheral nervous system, muscles and joints, bone marrow, gastrointestinal system, lungs and heart, and the immune system, itself), and are very difficult to treat.

THESE ARE THE SAME ORGANISMS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN AIDS PATIENTS AND GULF WAR SYNDROME [aka GWI] PATIENTS.

http://www.rense.com/general7/microplasm.htm

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The Mycoplasmas found by the Nicolson's, in their lab, contain unusual gene sequences that were probably inserted into the Mycoplasma by a specific laboratory procedure.

This discovery has led them to conclude that the new forms of mycoplasma were specifically engineered for germ warfare. (9) In it's laboratory evolution, the Mycoplasmas have became more invasive, more difficult to find, and capable of causing severe diseases in humans.

Diseases, like Gulf War Illness, CFS, FMS, MCS, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and AIDS, for instance.

The earlier form of Mycoplasma was studied by Dr. Shyh Lo, formerly of Tanox Biosystems, a spin-off biotechnology company from the Baylor College of Medicine, but now affiliated with the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington D.C.

Dr. Lo has been credited with discovering the new pathogenic form of Mycoplasmas, and he currently holds several patents on methods for special handling of the organisms for study and development. (10) In one of his patents (in 1991), Dr. Lo lists the following diseases that are caused by Mycoplasma: HIV infection, AIDS, Aids Related Complex (ARC), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Wegener's Disease, Sarcoidosis, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Kibuchi's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Lupus. (10)

In addition, Baseman and Tully have reviewed the literature on the role of Mycoplasmal infections in human disease and have concluded that they are important factors or co-factors in a variety of chronic illnesses.

http://www.rense.com/general7/microplasm.htm

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"Novel" biological warfare agents, created by altering DNA plasmids and vectors are specifically intended to be used to modify biologicals. Several shipments of biological materials that may have been used to carry out such a program were licensed for export from the United States to the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission. In such a program, common intestinal flora such as E.coli could be altered to produce viral, bacterial, or other toxins, and would be more difficult to treat. If Iraq was successful in developing such agents, diagnosis will continue to elude physicians testing for traditional illnesses.

[ED. NOTE: This information is consistent with Drs. Nicolsons' contention that one cause of GWI is a "mycoplasma" which is located near, or within each cell's nucleus, and is therefore extremely difficult to detect].

3) We, the United States, provided the government of Iraq with "dual use" licensed materials to develop their chemical and biological programs. These materials included chemical warfare agent production facility plans and technical drawings (provided as pesticide production facility plans), chemical warhead filling equipment, chemical warfare agent precursors, and biological warfare-related materials.

[ED. NOTE: It is unthinkable that the American government would supply such equipment to Iraq. It has been said: "Whom the gods will destroy, they first made mad."]

4) U.S. chemical protection equipment was ineffective. It has been fully documented by the National Security and International Affairs Division (NSIAD) of the General Accounting office, U.S. Congress, and by independent Senate investigation, that U.S. soldiers were not adequately equipped to conduct chemical operations during Desert Storm and are not adequately equipped now. (Chemical Warfare: Soldiers Inadequately Equipped and Trained to Conduct Chemical Operations. GAO/NSIAD-91-197, May 1991).

5) U.S. chemical detection alarms were ineffective. The principle chemical agent detection alarm used during the war, the M8A1, was not sufficiently sensitive to detect sustained low levels of chemical agent and to monitor personnel for contamination. Further, U.S. Army Material Safety Data Sheets indicate that chronic exposure to levels of over one-ten-thousandth of a milligram per cubic meter (.0001 mg/m to nerve agent Sarin (GB) is hazardous and requires the use of protective equipment. The minimum level of chemical agent required to activate the M8A1 automatic chemical agent detection alarm exceeds this threshold by a factor of 1000. Despite the fact that M8A1 alarms do not detect blister agents, such as mustard gas, alarms were sounding so frequently during the "air war" that many were simply turned off.

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[ED. NOTE: The Riegle Report said that chemical alarms went off 18,000 times during the Gulf War]. 6) The United States did not have any biological agent detection capability whatsoever during the Gulf War.

ED. NOTE: Isn't that incredible, in light of America having sold biologicals to Saddam and therefore knowing what he was likely to throw at our troops?].

7) After the air war started on January 16, 1991, coalition forces were chronically exposed to low (nonlethal) levels of chemical and biological agents released primarily by direct Iraqi attack via missiles, rockets, artillery, or aircraft munitions and by fallout from allied bings of Iraqi chemical warfare munitions facilities. - Chemical detection units from the Czech Republic confirmed chemical agents. - French detection units detected chemical agents. - Chemical specialists from the British Army detected chemical agents. - Both Czech and French forces reported detections immediately to U.S. forces. - U.S. forces detected, confirmed, and reported chemical agents; and - U.S. soldiers were awarded medals for detecting chemical agents.

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In early July '96 with Congressional hearings headed by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) about to expose the truth, the Pentagon called a hasty press conference and admitted that American troops had been exposed to chemical weapons in Desert Storm.

The Dept. of Defense said it had found "new" information which had been misplaced since 1991! Sure!].

10) There are now over 50,000 veterans suffering from Gulf War Syndrome, including some 11,000 still on active duty. There are also over 3,5000 British veterans with the syndrome. 11) Over 2,200 Gulf War veterans have died in V.A. hospitals. This does not include those who have died in civilian hospitals.

[ED. NOTE: Drs. Nicolson and other experts believe these numbers in 10 and 11 to be presently three to five times higher. Arison's numbers were based on V.A. estimates from 1994 which are dramatically incomplete and intentionally low-balled].

12) In many cases, Gulf War Syndrome [GWI] appears to be transmissible - unlike Agent Orange, which was not passed on to family members by the veteran.

In addition to the 50,000 veterans who are sick, there are thousands of spouses, parents, and children who are also suffering from the same debilitating illnesses - and in the case of a disportionate number of newborns, birth defects and physical abnormalities.

CONCLUSION: Gulf War Syndrome is the direct health consequence of prolonged (chronic) exposure to low (non-lethal) levels of chemical and biological agents released primarily by direct Iraqi attack via missiles, rockets, artillery, or aircraft munitions and by fallout from allied bings of Iraqi chemical warfare munitions facilities during the 38-day air war.

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IRAQ ADMITS TO ITS BIOLOGICAL ARSENAL. The Los Angeles Times (9/6/95) carried an article entitled, "Iraq Discloses Deadly Biological Arsenal - Many Germs Designed to Maim, Not Kill," which said: Breaking with years of denial about biological weapons, Iraq admitted to concocting one of the most extensive arsenals in history; in many cases intended to maim and not kill, the Los Angeles Times reported today.

The arsenal was designed to be as ruinous to civilians as it would be to troops, the Times' sources said. The Iraqis devised a novel way to rain their deadly or debilitating germs across wide stretches, modifying warplane auxiliary fuel tanks so they could scatter biological agents over an area from high altitudes.

[ED. NOTE: If Islamic radicals would blow up the World Trade Center and perhaps b a TWA 747 near New York City (possibly with a SAM missile) would or could they disperse biologicals in or near America from an airplane - as Iraq planned to do in the Desert Storm theater? Biologicals in test tubes, 5-gallon pails or 55-gallon drums would be much easier to smuggle into the U.S. than SAM missiles!]

Often when targeting troops, the scientists intended that the germs not kill, but seriously debilitate, sources said. Apparently, the Iraqis believed that Western nations would quickly bury the dead but invest precious time in caring for the sick and injured. THE ART OF WAR

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"Novel" biological warfare agents, created by altering DNA plasmids and vectors are specifically intended to be used to modify biologicals.

Several shipments of biological materials that may have been used to carry out such a program were licensed for export from the United States to the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission.

In such a program, common intestinal flora such as E.coli could be altered to produce viral, bacterial, or other toxins, and would be more difficult to treat. If Iraq was successful in developing such agents, diagnosis will continue to elude physicians testing for traditional illnesses.

This suggests that the Iraqi government may have been experimenting with E.coli and recombinant DNA (rDNA) to create genetically altered microorganisms ("novel" biological warfare agents).